Fate in Tragedy: What’s the point, then?
Evangelia Boyiatjis explores the unexpected empowerment destiny in a tragedy provides.
Culture & Arts
Shellshock! Is behind you! – Review
Shellshock’s festive improv show is perfect for enjoyers of jovial, and slightly bewildering, Christmas jokes!
The Snowman and Peter and the Wolf Preview
Catherine Pienaar discusses the upcoming Christmas productions The Snowman and Peter and the Wolf.
How Mesoamerican culture inspired The Legend of Zelda
Sofia Davies-Jurado analyses the impact that real-world cultures, such as Mesoamerica, had on the world of Zelda's open-world games
‘Conclave’: a sequestered sensation
Mia looks at new film 'Conclave' to discover why it created such a stir on release
Iolanthe: A Review
Isabelle Bylett reviews Durham Opera Ensemble’s production of Iolanthe, an impressive and engaging operetta filled with light-hearted farce and satire.
It is time for a new self
Gwen Smit questions the way we have come to understand ourselves and place in the world through alternative ideas of the self as found in Buddhist thought.
Maariya Khalid’s ‘Sick Dog’: A review by Emily Sanderson
Maariya Khalid’s ‘Sick Dog’, directed by Billie Switonski interrogates the increasing concern over AI in today’s society with nuance and sensitivity. The play follows the story of Winnie, a miserable…
A review of Woodplayers’ ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Sarah Kelly
Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire is widely regarded to be one of the best written, and most influential, plays of the twentieth century, blending lyrical dialogue with expressionistic stage…
The cultural phenomenon of ‘Severance’
Meredith tells everyone why they should sit down and press play on the first episode of Apple TV’s ‘Severance’.